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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 14, 2006Stevens County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2006, 7:28 AM CDT for Stevens County, Minnesota. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2006, 7:28 AM CDT (12:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2006, 8:05 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stevens County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 186 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 7:55 AM CDTHAIL 0.752 W Chokio, MN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 206 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2006-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 91 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2006-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
91 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-213 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1271 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 141229
SVRMPX
MNC149-141330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0055.060614T1228Z-060614T1330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
728 AM CDT WED JUN 14 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STEVENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 830 AM CDT

* AT 724 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES
  WEST OF MORRIS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALBERTA...
  HANCOCK...
  CHOKIO...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4571 9624 4542 9621 4540 9572 4554 9575

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 141243
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
743 AM CDT WED JUN 14 2006

MNC149-141330-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-060614T1330Z/
STEVENS MN-
743 AM CDT WED JUN 14 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT
FOR STEVENS COUNTY...

AT 742 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF CHOKIO...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MORRIS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND 
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY 
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4559 9624 4542 9621 4541 9579 4553 9585

$$
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 141300
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
759 AM CDT WED JUN 14 2006

MNC149-141330-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-060614T1330Z/
STEVENS MN-
759 AM CDT WED JUN 14 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT
FOR STEVENS COUNTY...

AT 755 AM HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE WAS REPORTED NEAR CHOKIO WITH THIS 
STORM.

AT 755 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL STEVENS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MORRIS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LAT...LON 4552 9614 4542 9621 4541 9579 4553 9582

$$
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 141305
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
805 AM CDT WED JUN 14 2006

MNC149-141315-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-060614T1330Z/
STEVENS MN-
805 AM CDT WED JUN 14 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STEVENS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA. THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4552 9614 4542 9621 4541 9579 4553 9582

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood, Renville55 min
Jun 14, 7:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville53 min
Jun 14, 8:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth17 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.